# Shortcut vs YouTrack (slim)

> Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do tasks create.

- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #411 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- YouTrack: D 49.9, rank #601 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.min.md
- Shortcut, good for Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 30; Maintenance & community, 73 against 64. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them.
- YouTrack, good for Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions. Ahead on Security & auth, 67 against 54; Transparency & trust, 82 against 73.

| Category | Shortcut | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shortcut | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Shortcut Software Company | JetBrains s.r.o. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` | no (local only) |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |
| Tools exposed | none | 23 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-18 | 2024-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-07-11 | 2026-06-12 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk | none |